Serdens Sanat©

I don't have much to say, just random little posts. In 2 weeks I'll be going to Austria, so will have a lot to say when I get back. Also my exhibition is coming up in May and then a trip to Antalya/Turkey in July. For now I'll leave you with these images to think over:

Joel-Peter Witkin is an American photographer who often deals with such themes as death and uses various outsiders such as dwarfs, transsexuals, hermaphrodites, and physically deformed people. He had found deformity a beauty and had been influenced by a horrific incident as a child:

"It happened on a Sunday when my mother was escorting my twin brother and me down the steps of the tenement where we lived. We were going to church. While walking down the hallway to the entrance of the building, we heard an incredible crash mixed with screaming and cries for help. The accident involved three cars, all with families in them. Somehow, in the confusion, I was no longer holding my mother's hand. At the place where I stood at the curb, I could see something rolling from one of the overturned cars. It stopped at the curb where I stood. It was the head of a little girl. I bent down to touch the face, to speak to it -- but before I could touch it someone carried me away"